CONGREGATIONAL/LOCAL NEWS
Highland Avenue (Elgin) held a rousing coffee house concert on April 5, featuring various musical members of the congregation. Peg Lehman, Nancy Miner, Matt and Noelle Bohrer, Jonathan Shively, and PennyLou Walbridge were among the performers for the event, which was open to the community. The congregation also recently welcomed a new office administrator, Ariceli Soriano.
The community garden project at Champaign keeps growing, with 58 garden beds now part of the landscape and pushing the boundaries of the project’s property. The congregation hopes to continue expanding this popular organic ministry.
Canton has recently been working on plaster repair and painting updates to its building. Girard has also been doing plaster work and other upgrades in its lower-level fellowship hall, hoping to enable more usage in the community.
The district Gifts Discernment and Call Committee has been meeting and working on district positions to be filled in the coming year. Several positions have been filled—and thank you to those who have said “yes”!—but others are still in process. If you get a call from a GDCC member, please prayerfully consider whether you might be called to serve. Pat Ball (Dixon) is chairing the committee this year, with Dan McFadden (Highland Avenue) as vice chair.
Do you have congregational news: celebrations, milestones, “Jesus in the Neighborhood” stories or other things to share with our district family? Please send those to the district office: andreag.iwdcob@gmail.com.
The community garden project at Champaign keeps growing, with 58 garden beds now part of the landscape and pushing the boundaries of the project’s property. The congregation hopes to continue expanding this popular organic ministry.
Canton has recently been working on plaster repair and painting updates to its building. Girard has also been doing plaster work and other upgrades in its lower-level fellowship hall, hoping to enable more usage in the community.
The district Gifts Discernment and Call Committee has been meeting and working on district positions to be filled in the coming year. Several positions have been filled—and thank you to those who have said “yes”!—but others are still in process. If you get a call from a GDCC member, please prayerfully consider whether you might be called to serve. Pat Ball (Dixon) is chairing the committee this year, with Dan McFadden (Highland Avenue) as vice chair.
Do you have congregational news: celebrations, milestones, “Jesus in the Neighborhood” stories or other things to share with our district family? Please send those to the district office: andreag.iwdcob@gmail.com.
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